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Meghan McCain, daughter of Republican 2008 Presidential candidate John McCain, has stirred quite a firestorm over a photo of herself she recently posted to her Twitter account. In a Tweet documenting her “spontaneous night in,” McCain linked to a photo of herself wearing a black, push-up tank top and a sly smile, while holding up a copy of Andy Warhol’s biography in front of the camera.

The Arizona senator’s daughter, who also writes for Daily Beast, has a Twitter following that numbers in the tens of thousands, so the “racy” TwitPic was quickly circulated. In fact, it racked up over 160,000 views in just 17 hours, and impassioned reactions soon followed. One conservative tweeter lamented, “If [McCain] is the future of the GOP, we’re gonna have to get much more serious about real issues like glitter, fabric, and unicorns.” Many, though, defended her — from both sides of the aisle. One follower (quite astutely) pointed out that “just because someone posts a picture doesn’t make them a slut,” and urged Twitter nation to get their “heads out of the gutter.” Another self-described “super hardcore Dem,” admitted that she finds McCain’s Tweets “pretty awesome.”